PFT stirs pot regarding brady deal
 

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Florio should stick to breaking stories about Gronk after Rosenhaus feeds him the information.

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Florio more than implies Pats "cheating". What's sad is that he cites what Elway and the Broncs did cheating the cap for 2 rings and all you read from fans below is Spygate.
Krafts tepid response to the furor over camera placement allowed his brand to be tarnished forever.

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It's really pretty simple.

(1) Brady is entering the final stages of his career.

(2) He wants to win another ring desperately.

(3) He knows that the Patriots need the extra cap space to improve the team and give him the best chance to win.

(4) He has made more than a hundred million dollars playing football already, and his wife is almost a *billionaire*. In other words, he doesn't need the money.

It's not that difficult to figure out what's going on here. Maybe we'll all be made out to be fools if it turns out the Patriots are doing something underhanded, but maybe it really is this simple.

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Florio will ALWAYS go out of his way to cast aspersions on the Pats when he can. He's a die hard Steeler fan, who has never forgiven the Pats for beating his team at home in 2 AFCCG's. That's why he never lets an opportunity, regardless of how feckless, to bring up a spy-gate reference, or anything else negative about the Pats. It really pisses me off, but when you think about it, it isn't really out of the ordinary behavior for a rabid Steeler fan.

What's more telling about Florio's character is his habit of deleting ANY comment on an article that even hints at a criticisms of something he's posted. ANYTHING I've ever posted there that criticizes him even tangentially, has never lasted a half hour. Pretty thin skinned if you ask me. ;)

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He's a coward.

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Silly.

Try to articulate the supposed "side deal" and it falls apart.

There are two possibilities:

1) The Patriots have agreed to pay Brady more money under the table and keep it secret. I would think this would be met with about the harshest penalty imaginable in the NFL and also would possibility be a felony. It's not credible.

2) In 2015, Brady will sign a new contract, recouping the money he gave up in this deal. Again, silly. Won't happen. Do people seriously think the Patriots are going to extend him at age 41 and pay him the $59 million under market value this contract is for? I think the league might well take notice if that happened.

For years, in every sport, people have said, "why doesn't [x player] just stay in a good situation for less money"? A player finally does it and everyone is surprised.

If you were going to pick one player in the world who might do it, this is the guy. He can afford it, and it's within his M.O.

Now, in some senses, it's somewhat uncompetitive. The reality is that players make so much money that they can defeat the idea of salary caps by taking under market to give their teams a competitive advantage. This idea is not new. The Lakers tried to do it several years ago when Karl Malone and Gary Peyton and others all went there for under market to try to get a championship. But by and large it hasn't happened much because, at the end of the day, it's easy to talk and not so easy to walk the walk -- especially when you have agents involved who get a cut. I wonder what Brady and his agent have discussed about this -- surely the agent isn't happy, but Brady can make it up to him easily.

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To be honest Brady taking that extension is amazing to me. I love that he did it and that he is in a position to do so.

I can't think of a fan of another team in the league that is not boiling with pure jealousy this morning. They've all probably seen restructuring but nothing like this.

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Good thoughts.
I take exception only with your conclusion. Brady's agent's job is to service his client for which he is paid handsomely. It's not Brady's responsibility to modify his desires to please his agent. The agent is the employee.

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He's a slimy horrible little man. I wonder if its actionable.
watch his face. The Toad.